Amid the ongoing battle between SSDs and traditional hard drives, a third, more original side has emerged. In its release of the Momentus XT, Seagate has introduced a hybrid model with the best of both. From the SSDs, the Momentus XT derives snappy speed, while borrowing from traditional spinners for high memory capacity. In testing, the XT proved its framework to be a bravura of the hard drive world, dramatically outpacing models in the same price range.
If you were entertaining the idea of an SSD purchase, consider sacrificing a little speed in exchange for a price freefall—$300 to $120—and extra room. In hard drives, as in politics, centrism is sexy, at least for now. As the debate between both sides rages on, take the middle ground and the best of both.\

Here are some highlights from our review:

“The 2.5-inch Momentus XT is available in three capacities: 250GB, 320GB, and 500GB.”

“…SLC memory is usually reserved for much-costlier enterprise-class SSDs…”

“…It uses Seagate's Adaptive Memory technology to analyze the data you access frequently, making a copy of the relevant bits to the solid-state memory…”